Under the Red Cross flag at home and abroad . mized the order of relief. Aninvisible force had pushed relief through four broadchannels: food had to be supplied; then clothing, alongwith bed and common household necessities; then shel-ter, and last, the means to make ones own provision forthe future. For the first few days millionaires and paupers stoodside by side in the bread line, waiting to obtain theirdaily rations. No fires were permitted in the housesthat remained lest the cracked and twisted chimneysmight start the conflagration afresh. As rapidly as pos-sible the abnormal bread lines
Under the Red Cross flag at home and abroad . mized the order of relief. Aninvisible force had pushed relief through four broadchannels: food had to be supplied; then clothing, alongwith bed and common household necessities; then shel-ter, and last, the means to make ones own provision forthe future. For the first few days millionaires and paupers stoodside by side in the bread line, waiting to obtain theirdaily rations. No fires were permitted in the housesthat remained lest the cracked and twisted chimneysmight start the conflagration afresh. As rapidly as pos-sible the abnormal bread lines were done away , after investigation, received a card with whichthey applied for rations or clothing at the station oftheir district, the date of the issuing being cancelled onthe card to prevent repeating, as one energetic Italianfamily secured enough supplies from different stationsto start a small store if its own. Free food has itstemptations,—^but a strict adherence to army rationstends to reduce the number of SAN FRANCISCO 143 Calamities upset law and order, moral as well asphysical. At such a time the service that is rendered bythe United States army is deserving of the highestpraise. Its quiet discipline and trained personnel bringorder out of chaos, protect life and property, while itsstores provide rations and tents for the first immediateneeds. In all the open squares and parks of the city, afterthe hasty blanket or quilt shelters of the first day ortwo were abandoned, there arose colony after colony oftents, and, thanks to the climate of San Francisco, thepeople throve in this out-of-door life. Later, as thetents became weather worn, several thousand smallwooden houses were built to take their place. Whenthe authorities required the parks to be vacated, manyof these small dwellings were moved away as permanenthomes for their occupants. Dr. Edward T. Devine, of New York, representedthe Red Cross on the Relief Committee, and his trainedabil
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